Online posts Engage in discussion online and in class. Include three (3) of your online posts from the discussion forums. Your post could be a summary of part of our in-class discussion, a response to the discussion starter provided, a response to another student's post or a new topic for discussion related to the reading of that week. Each post should be no more than 200 words. Students should submit no more than one post per week. (Maximum 600 words) Choose one from these- Share your teaching strategies in one of the following situations: HOW TO INTEGRATE: Listening and Speaking in a Reading lesson Listening and Speaking in a Writing lesson Listening and Speaking in a Presentation and Discussion lesson Listening and Speaking in Second Language Acquisition Listening and Speaking in teaching students with disabilities Listening and Speaking practice for students outside the classroom Student's friend's sample work- Integrating Listening and Speaking in a Reading Lesson: Utilizing a 'Content-based learning' approach a teacher selects an overarching theme to integrate productive and receptive skills of a language (Pardede, 2019). A general theme aids in aligning the four language skills ( Pardede, 2019). Consequently, to integrate speaking and listening with reading, I would choose a broad theme for my lesson: Significant Budget Allocation in sports. The lesson will commence with a video based on the chosen theme. Prior to it, the students will be instructed to listen and watch carefully and take notes of the details of the content of the video for discussion later. The listening task will act as a precursor to a speaking activity wherein students will discuss the subject matter of the video. Furthermore, students will be given prompts revolving around the theme to discuss in their groups and present their opinions in class. The prompts will be designed to foster critical thinking and stimulate an insightful discussion with their groups. For instance, does it make sense to spend a huge amount of money on the organization of sports events? Do you think it is better to spend that money on improving the educational and hospital facilities of a country rather than on such mammoth sports events? This kind of 'cooperative learning' engages the students instantaneously (Srinivas, 2011 as cited in Pardede, 2020) and allows them to think critically and enhance their 'communication skills' (Pardede, 2020). Finally, the students will transition to a text-based reading on the very same topic. References: Pardede, P. (2019). Integrated skills approach in EFL classrooms: A Literature Review. 147-159. Pardede, P. (2020). Integrating the 4Cs into EFL integrated skills learning. Journal of English Teaching, 6(1), 71-85.